Electrostatic discharge damage ..................................................................

43

 

Packaging and transporting guidelines ........................................

44

 

Component replacement procedures ........................................................................................

46

 

Service tag .............................................................................................................

46

 

Battery ...................................................................................................................

47

 

Hard drive .............................................................................................................

48

 

RTC battery ............................................................................................................

52

 

Optical drive ..........................................................................................................

53

 

Memory module ......................................................................................................

55

 

WLAN module ........................................................................................................

57

 

Keyboard ...............................................................................................................

59

 

Top cover ...............................................................................................................

63

 

Front speakers ........................................................................................................

67

 

Power button board .................................................................................................

68

 

Fingerprint reader board ..........................................................................................

69

 

TouchPad button board ............................................................................................

70

 

Solid-state drive ......................................................................................................

72

 

USB board .............................................................................................................

73

 

Power connector cable ............................................................................................

75

 

System board .........................................................................................................

77

 

Fan/heat sink assembly ...........................................................................................

81

 

Processor ...............................................................................................................

85

 

Card Reader board .................................................................................................

88

 

Subwoofer .............................................................................................................

89

 

Optical drive connector cable ...................................................................................

90

 

Display assembly ....................................................................................................

92

5

Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics .........................................................

100

 

Starting Setup Utility (BIOS) ...................................................................................................

100

 

Updating the BIOS ...............................................................................................................

100

 

Determining the BIOS version .................................................................................

100

 

Downloading a BIOS update ..................................................................................

101

 

Using System Diagnostics ......................................................................................................

102

6

Specifications ...............................................................................................................

103

 

Computer specifications ........................................................................................................

103

 

17.3-inch display specifications .............................................................................................

105

 

Hard drive specifications ......................................................................................................

106

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